Lazy humans always take linguistic short cutsThe erosion of ‘you’re’ for ‘your’ is just the latest example of a centuries-old habitWill poor grammar always be a bar to top jobs?Embracing non-standard dialects may be the next frontier for workplace diversityMe, myself and I are all annoyed at pronoun misusePeople who invite ‘yourself’ to a meeting are reviving a centuries-old irritationPlease don’t say ‘Between you and I’It is easy to steer clear of hypercorrection once you know howWhich is right: Manchester United rule — or rules?English grammar is inconsistentThe rules for clear, effective business writingAttention spans are short, so choose your language carefullyMore from this SeriesOrwell was not always right: in defence of the passive voiceGood writing requires subtle interpretation of the rulesMissing Oxford comma shows why writing skills matterSocial media and short messages do not protect us from misunderstandingsThe punctuation mistake experts abhorBritish Airways, KPMG and Lib Dems employ the ‘comma splice’Employers can help win the war on bad grammarThose who do not understand a language’s structure do not know the rules they breakReader letters ‘beg questions’ about traditional phrasesAs the meaning of terms evolve, should we offend the linguistic purists?A moderate pedant’s grammar manifestoChildren need to learn grammar to teach them the language for workGrammar is a vital tool for any executiveKnowledge of how the language is put together helps with getting your point across
Lazy humans always take linguistic short cutsThe erosion of ‘you’re’ for ‘your’ is just the latest example of a centuries-old habitWill poor grammar always be a bar to top jobs?Embracing non-standard dialects may be the next frontier for workplace diversityMe, myself and I are all annoyed at pronoun misusePeople who invite ‘yourself’ to a meeting are reviving a centuries-old irritationPlease don’t say ‘Between you and I’It is easy to steer clear of hypercorrection once you know howWhich is right: Manchester United rule — or rules?English grammar is inconsistentThe rules for clear, effective business writingAttention spans are short, so choose your language carefullyMore from this SeriesOrwell was not always right: in defence of the passive voiceGood writing requires subtle interpretation of the rulesMissing Oxford comma shows why writing skills matterSocial media and short messages do not protect us from misunderstandingsThe punctuation mistake experts abhorBritish Airways, KPMG and Lib Dems employ the ‘comma splice’Employers can help win the war on bad grammarThose who do not understand a language’s structure do not know the rules they breakReader letters ‘beg questions’ about traditional phrasesAs the meaning of terms evolve, should we offend the linguistic purists?A moderate pedant’s grammar manifestoChildren need to learn grammar to teach them the language for workGrammar is a vital tool for any executiveKnowledge of how the language is put together helps with getting your point across
